Bongva Magazine - Vol 6

Bawipa sin pekchanhnak tuah dingah Jerusa- lem ah an kalpi a ti. Hi bantukin fater a simi paoh kha Bawipa caah ti in consecration an tuah hnawhchan- nak zong cu, Egyptram chungin an rak chuah zan ahkhan, Egyptram chung i fater vialte minung he saram he Bawipa nih a thah dih hna nain, Israelmi fater a simi paohpaoh mi- nung he saram he Bawipa nih a ` hawnnak in a rak khamh hna i, kha thawk khan Bawipa nih an fater paohpaoh cu keimah ta an si a tinak kha a si i, cucaah Joseph le Mary zong nih phung ningte in an fater a simi hngakchia Jesuh kha Jerusalem biakinn ah an va kalpi i Bawipa sinah pekchanhnak (consecration) an va tuahnak kha a si. Hi bantukin pekchanhnak an tuah hnu ah an fapa kha tlanh ` han ding timi phungbia a um caah hngakchia Jesuh kha van tlanh ` han a hau. Hi tlanhnak ding caah cun tlanh man (redemption price) a um i, shekel panga in tlanh ` han ding a si (Num 18:16). Hi shekel panga a timi hi DAR Bible nih cun $3.25 hrawng a si a ti. Asinain, hi kong hi Luka nih cun a chimlo). Asiah cun Bawipa sinah pekchanh cang- mi fater cu zei ruangah dah tlanh ` han a hauh hnga? A ruang cu thisen man a si ko. Pathian nih Abraham i a ngeihchunmi a fapa (fater) Isaac a nunak kha a hal. Isaac a nunnak tlanhnak man cu Tuukawng thisen kha a si ko. Cu bantukin Joseph le Mary nih an fater hngakchia Jesuh ca i tlanhnak man shekel panga cu hngakchia thisen man caah a si ve ko. Minung a si lomi, a dang fater a simi paoh cu Levimi hna an ei awk caah a si (Num 18) i minung fater ca i tlanh man zong kha Levimi hna sinah a kal dih ko. Cubantukin, Bawipa nawlbia nih nan tuah awk a si a timi vialte an tuah dih i, an i lim dih hnu lawngah thil a sining kha Luka nih cun, “Galileeram i an umnak khua Naza- reth khua (their own city Nazareth) ah khan an kir than (Lk 2:39),” tiah a rak chimmi kha a si. Luka nih cun Joseph le Mary an umnak

khua cu Nazareth khua a si a ti i Bethlehem khua a si a ti bak lo hih. Cucaah hngakchia Jesuh kha Magi hna he hmunkhat ah biak na duh ve ko a si ahcun, Bethlehem lei ah kal ti hlah. Bethlehem na kal ahcun Messiah cu na hmu lai loh, Herod (Satan) lawng kha na hmuh lai. Bethlehem cu Profet bia bangin Messiah a chuahnak khua ODZQJDVLDXPQDNNKXDDVLOR$U¿]RQJ NKD%LEOHQLK%HWKOHKHPDU¿DWLQDNDXPOR $PDK$U¿ 0W WLWXDVLGHXK$PDKDU¿ cu Amah a chuahnak khua ah a kal lo, Amah a umnak khua tu ahcun pei a kal ko cu. &XFDDKDU¿]RQJNKD%HWKOHKHPDU¿WL DVLWLODLORK$WXFX1D]DUHWK$U¿WLDVL cang lai. Careltu pakhat cio cungah Christmas law- mhnak um ko seh. Amen. Works Cited Strobel, Lee. The Case for Christ: A Jour- nalist’s Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1998. Print. Jeffrey, Grant R. The Signature of God: Astonishing Biblical Discoveries. To- ronto, Ont.: Frontier Research, 1996. Print. Kennedy, Finette Dake, Annabeth Dake Germaine, and Finis Dake Jr.Dake’s Annotated Reference Bible. Law- renceville: Dake, 2011. Print.

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